continuedev/continue

Health v2 · maintenance only

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35644 stars · 5289 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Continue is an open-source AI coding agent distributed as a CLI, VS Code extension, and JetBrains plugin, offering agent mode, chat, edit, and autocomplete features. The project was acquired by Cursor and the repository is now read-only, with a final 2.0.0 release available.

Use cases

• get AI coding assistance in the terminal with a CLI agent
• chat with an AI about my code inside VS Code
• autocomplete code suggestions as I type in JetBrains
• run an AI agent to complete development tasks in my editor
• edit code sections with AI without leaving the current file
• self-host an open-source alternative to Copilot

When to choose

• you want a fully open-source, Apache-2.0 licensed AI code assistant you can inspect or fork
• you need a terminal-native coding agent via the Continue CLI
• you want to build custom AI code agents on top of an existing open-source foundation

When to avoid

• you need ongoing updates, bug fixes, or support - the repo is read-only and no longer maintained
• you want a commercially supported product - the team was acquired by Cursor
• you rely on JetBrains plugin features - the docs recommend the CLI instead

Facets

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agent-framework llm-inference developer-tools cli chatbot developer-tools artificial-intelligence text-editors cli cross-platform editor-plugin coding-agent ai-code-assistant vscode-extension jetbrains-plugin autocomplete code-edit acquired-by-cursor read-only ai-agents command-line nodejs

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